106 OU COU i on the rtchest lock Legend has it that back ill the 1700's, Captain Kidd buried his pirate treasure right here ill Rhode Island. About 15 miles out to sea on a spectacular little piece of real estate we call Block Island. Block Island, R.I. is as wild and untamed as Newport, r' -' R.I. is opulent and cultivated. And it's as remote as the rest of our state is accessible. No other state offers such a wealth of contrasts in such a concentrated area And even if you don't find the treasure Captain Kidd hid here, the ..".''-0 treasures you do uncover will ...--to>>o:v make you very glad you came For a free Rhode Island Vacation Kit, call toll-free: 800-556-2484. Or write R.I Tourist Promotion Division, Dept. NYK, One Weybosset Hill Providence, R.I. 02903. . ý:':, /,/' ."..' ::y.-. d R" - Rho 51 n If you haven't seen R.I. you havent seen Nevv England. SINCE 1938 Co-op Buying !o !he People ... .. ...... . .. .:- R.E.I. offers the widest.... 0.:. selection of camping, backpacking and climbing : gear anywhere in the ; United States. :: .. . . . There are at least 2,206 items in the new Spri ng Catalog-a whole outdoor : shoppi ng center in one fat catalog. (Send the coupon) :: ,<<'.'!>- .1- .. .:. . . . . .. You get all the benefits of co-op buyi ng power, . Like low prices-the most .. competitive price possible . while maintaining product · qual ity and safety. '- "> e. f ". :. ./ ... ., ...R.E.I.'s whole focus is · on muscle-powered, non- motorized activity, Thei r people are outdoors people first and sales people second-from the person on the floor .. to the president, who just .. led the successful .. ascent of K2. ! t/, . ...... .r- R. E.I, just paid its members a 10% dividend on individual purchases in 1978. I 4ii.' I . There are 800,000 of us all in th is together. Recreational Equipment Inc. Seattle-Portland-Berkeley-Los Angeles- Anchorage-Mi nneapoJis. I co !. The O"iginal Outdoor Co-op-Est 1938" r- RO Box C88127, Seattle, WA 98188 I That's the REI. Co-oP story If you'd like a free catalog ( ) send the coupon If you'd like to become a member ( ), send 2 bucks I Name Address I City State ZIP Or call toll free. 1 2&4840 Alaska and Hawaii call1-8CX)-42&4770 J-- Washington State call 1-8CO-562-4894. '"' * '"'*' '- ... than are available at home. They are known as the expatriates-or expats- and they constitute one-sixth of the work force. They stand out distinctly in the Bermudian population: ruddy, cream-fed farm girls from the North of England; melancholy aging young men who laze in a fading aroma of Oxford, or perhaps some lesser institu- tion; modern, citified young women living their lives as a kind of public psy- chodrama, about as un-Bermudian a mode as can be found; cerebral men and women, the clergy of the social sci- ences, to whose earnest beliefs has been added a strong undertow of thwarted- ness. The expatriates help staff the schools, hospitals, and social services- such as they are-and the businesses and hotels as well. In one way or an- other, most of them seem depressed They are there on contract, and their visas can be revoked at a whim. They have no stake in Bermuda. They need her, but they feel superior to Bermu- dians. Among the more educated expa- triates, there is sometimes a genuine ef- fort to be positive, to make the best of things, to contribute-a difficult thing to do, because Bermudians resent them-but a large group doesn't both- er. There seems to be a whole army of waif-like young men and women with the smoggy pallor of inland industrial towns, unblossomed, docile, stunning- ly incurious. Speaking to them, one feels that one has come up against a wall that has become so thick that it fills whatever private space it might once have enclosed. They hold jobs as clerks, bank tellers, secretaries. They appear to have no interest whatever in Bermuda, and rely mainly on each other for company: gathered together at a party, they generate a very faint glow of comfort. They are people who are evidently completely resigned to severe limItations-people who expect little of their lives, and who recoil from even a conversational spark, as though that might perilously raise ex- pectations. Beside the expatriates-all of them, but these in particular- Ber- mudians seem almost absurdly san- guine: gigantic, overblossomed, burst- ing with childlike, egotistical, innocent, dynamic qualities. They feel that ex- patriates hold jobs that should be filled 104 by natives, yet few Bermudians are willing to put in several years of train- ing for a dead-end job, as the ex- patriates are. Bermudians would think of investing that kind of effort only in a great future. If they are not going to aim for the jackpot, they choose an easy route, such as flying off to the United States or to Canada for a six- week course-often, unfortunately, at "'*'